Beauty Queen - Nomen - Unique Piece

Nomen (1974-2022) - Beauty Queen - XL Size - 142cm x 106cm

Technique and Medium: Acrylics and Spray paint

Hand signed, Certificate of authenticity

A one time created original work of art. Sold unframed.

Important information:
• Art is painted right to the edges as seen in the photo, this is to provide a 360-degree art view when gallery wrapped.
• One time created unique art
• Signed by the artist both sides of the canvas
• It comes with artist's certificate of authenticity
• The painting is varnished at the end

Nomen aka Nuno Reis was a Graffiti / Street Art pioneer in Portugal, painting since 1989. He was an artist of high recognition and merit, in the Portuguese visual arts panorama being one of the oldest, and most prestigious artists of Street Art in Portugal.

Furthermore, Nomen's artwork was chosen and highlighted as essential for the beginning of street art in Portugal in the late 80's on the book “Tráfego, Antologia Crítica da Nova Visualidade Portuguesa” - “Traffic, Critical Anthology of the New Portuguese Visuality” published in 2001 by Porto 2001-European Capital of Culture .

Considered as an international mural artist with enormous talent and extraordinary versatility, able to multiply himself in themes that range from his dancing letters of graffiti to captivating expressive and colorful female faces, to Pop and 3D themes, where it was portrayed in several magazines, websites, books and international publications that showed Nomen's artwork in during his career of 30 years of graffiti.

In 2010, the book “3D Street Art”, from Tectum Publishers, Belgium highlighted his work with 6 dedicated pages. This book introduces some of the most remarkable 25 artists from the past, present and future of 3D street art in the world along with artists like Roa, Blue Sky, Dan Witz, Edgar Mueller, Daim…

Nomen painted many times outside of Europe, in countries like Panama, Qatar, Israel, etc., in top places and participated in Bienale Sur Panama in 2013. He painted 2 entire floors on the walls of the Beit Hair Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel in 2017 and an interior wall of the Qatar Museum Authorities, Doha, Qatar, 2018. In April 2022, Nomen exhibited at the Louvre in Paris. 

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